Today, I came up here to make some easy pictures to install “vQmod” (Create xml patches for php files without editing the core system source code so called Virtual file modification system) in OpenCart 1.5.5.1

Step-6: How this .xml file should look? For exampale we need to add a menu item “Homenet” under “Extension” menu in the admin panel. So we need to create a file named admin_menu_modification.xml in ‘vqmod/xml’ folder like;

Step-7: Now log in to admin panel. Mouse over to “Extension” menu item, if everything works good then you can see a new menu item “Homenet” is added whithout changing any core system files.

Install vQmod in OpenCart using Autoinstaller:

Step-1: Download the latest version of vQMod and extract it.Step-2: Use your FTP to upload the folder “vqmod” to your opencart store. Make sure vqmod/vqcache folders are writable (either 755 or 777).Step-3: Now browse http://www.your-domain.com/vqmod/installStep-4: If everything goes well, you should get a success message. If not then check permissions.

***Troubleshooting***– Make sure you are giving the currect vqmod path like; require_once(‘../vqmod/vqmod.php’);– Check if the vqmod folder and the vqmod/vqcache folders are writable (755) – Verify that there are new “vq2” files in the “vqmod/vqcache” folder after loading your store homepage – Some times you may need to create “mods.cache” file inside “vqmod” folder and make it writable (755)– You may need to create logs” folder inside “vqmod” folder and make it writable (755)